Tuesday: and the thunder rolled

"Who took my slippers??" I questioned.

Joshua broke out into a big grin and went to get them.  As he picked them up, near a window, lightning flashed.  A second later, when he was in the middle of the room, the thunder rolled.  It was loud, but not the crack of really close lightning.

Joshua freaked out.  He dropped the slippers and ran to me as fast as possible, cuddling with me for minutes.  For the next 20 minutes we heard heard the story.

"By the TV."
"Thunder scared me"
"Outside"
"Loud"
"Scared"

Anyway, bed time rolls around and he's still a bit out of sorts.  There is still some thunder rolling around, but not very loud.  I put him in bed anyway, and tell him that we'll be downstairs.  Two minutes later he's done.  This feels real to me and he was so scared earlier.  I put him in a sleeping bag in the basement office.  That way he can see us but can still go to sleep and Ben and I can play Warcraft.

It worked well, as long as it doesn't become a regular thing.

Monday: mostly Joshua

Joshua was rather photogenic today.


He snuggled with Ben (and bear) after eating nothing for dinner.  (He had just finished his snack a few minutes before dinner, and he usually doesn't eat much.)

This was right before nap time.  He had the required things: bear, elephant, wipe, water.  He had some semi-optional things: blue bear, teddy bear.  He had a new thing: EE.  Lately when he gets out of bed he attempts to gather all of them up into his arms.  I wish he'd at least leave the water there.

Story time before nap time.  Joshua set it up, because if it was up to me there'd be more cuddles.  Teddy Bear had a coaster and a seat too.

We all wore orange shirts with black pants.  Ben wore an orange shirt too, but was out the door before Joshua was dressed.

After bath snuggles.  During this time he pointed out that lots of things have butts: kitty cat, Mom, Dad, Joshua, Isaac, Puppy Dog, Grandma, Grandpa, and bears.

Friday: exercise

Ben and I have been trying to do a little bit of exercise every day after dinner.  It isn't a lot, but it's something.  The kids have been enjoying it because we've been using them as our weights.

We also went to story time today.  For one of the books Isaac asked Joshua if he wanted to sit on his lap.  It ended up being more of a between his legs, but it was still cute.  During the second book Joshua wanted to do it again, but Isaac declined.

Thursday: quilt

My quilt is hanging up at QuiltCon!  QuiltCon is a large quilt show for the Modern Quilt Guild.  It is one of the biggest ones in the US.  Now, to be fair, my quilt is hanging in a special exhibit to which all the applicants got in.

Wednesday: projects and outside

We started the day with a project.  The goal of the project was to come up with an automatically closing door for the basement.  Flurry likes to come in to say hi, but she doesn't close the door very well and all of our nice warm air quickly escapes.  Ben and I have been mulling this over for a while, since we didn't want to harm the door.  I finally figured out a solution.

Command Hooks.  Seriously, why didn't I think of them sooner?  There is a string that goes from the doorknob over the command hook on the door then over the command hook on the wall and down to the mug.  I was hoping to have a light rope instead of string, but we didn't have enough on hand.  If the string stretches too much I'll replace it at that time.  I also covered the mug with some left over batting to help stop scraping against the wall.

After the first try, the system works very well!  The door also stays open if you open it all the way, which is a nice bonus.  However, Flurry hasn't tried it yet so it still needs to pass its final test.

(Update: Flurry got in!)

We went to the Nature Center with some friends after rest time.  It was a beautiful day, so it was nice to get out.

Joshua has his hat on because "sometimes I'm cold."

Tuesday: cold

I teach in a cold classroom.  Usually after three hours in it I'm close to being an icicle.  Today I spent an extra hour in it.  I was cold until I got home and could change into something warmer.

Monday: haircut, three wheeled things

I gave Isaac a haircut today with the buzz cutter for the first time.  We did it outside so it was easier to clean up.  I think it came out pretty well, although I'll probably make a few changes next time.

This afternoon we went for a walk around the lake.  Isaac biked...it is probably the first time that he's actually biked around the whole lake.  Usually we watered the plants half way through and then turned around.  Anyway, he did a great job.  I pushed the stroller with Joshua; he was very excited about the stroller.  I also pushed a scooter, although the scooter was put in the stroller.  Isaac rode it for a short time, but it was a lot more work.  Joshua declined the scooter.